Rebecca and Abram: One Month Old

We've had one whole month with our little princess already and love every minute still. She is so precious. We love taking sleeping pictures of her either because that's when she looks the cutest or that's when we have the time to think about grabbing the camera. We are learning what is the best way to do everything with her. The best eating schedule, the best way to put her to sleep, the best way to bathe and change her, and the best way to play with her. She is so smart and likes to stand on and walk with her legs. If her legs were strong enough she could probably walk already because she's certainly got the motion down already!

One of her new favorite things to do is talk to herself in the mirror. The changing table we use the most right now while she is in our room with us most of the time is actually a vanity attached to the wall with a mirror on the wall. She knows we are putting her on that and immediately looks to her left to find herself. Of course she thinks she is talking to a friend and likes to fist bump this friend. Sometimes I'll let her play on the changing table with her friend for a few minutes after changing her diaper.

Another one of her favorite things is her swing from Aunt Becky. It's put her to sleep a time or two. She'll just stare at the spot that makes the music and sometimes doze right off to dreamland in the process. We have found she does not like sleeping totally flat. She'll wake up after a few minutes just about every time. So the swing has come in handy as a place to put her when she falls asleep because to her sleeping sitting up is better than lying down!

In other news, Abram finished his semester and is glad that is over and he has some time off before deployment next month. He is spending his time getting a few odd jobs done around the house, playing games on his new laptop, and spending time with Annie. He is hoping she'll remember him at least a little from the time she's 8 weeks old until she's a year old so he doesn't freak her out when he gets home. Hopefully we'll get enough online chatting time that she'll get used to him that way, too.

I have actually been enjoying maternity leave more and more every day. After about 2 weeks I was getting bored and tired of doing the same things every day but as Annie gets older and I find more ways to spend my time with her at home, I have enjoyed it more. Of course having Abram home with me now, too, is helping. I find myself not even worrying about what is going on at school. I know my sub has things under control and when she needs something from me, she sends me an email and everything works out great. I will be going in to school a few hours this week to audition my kiddos for their ensemble placements for next year. But I will try to refrain from doing anything else there. I don't want to interfere in my sub's classroom.

I'll finish up with a few more of our favorite pictures.